VEKTORCarrier Intelligence Packet
BUDDY'S TOWING AND RECOVERY
USDOT 954657 · MC-942868 · 108 S 5TH ST, EASLEY, SC 29640
44High riskElevated riskVektor risk score · 0–100
Generated August 10, 2026 from the live FMCSA / NHTSA record. Decision support — not an FMCSA safety rating or a recommendation to use or avoid any carrier. Verify authority & insurance before tendering.
Watch · 4
- USDOT registration inactive — The USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.
- No active operating authority — No active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.
- No inspection history despite active fleet — An established carrier reporting 8 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.
- MCS-150 update due — The biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.
In good standing · 2
- Insurance on file — BIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.
- Established 25 years — Operating authority has been on file since 2001.
Identity & authority
- Operating status
- Inactive
- Common authority
- Inactive
- Contract authority
- None
- Broker authority
- None
- Safety rating
- Not rated
- Authority age
- 25 yr
- Registered
- May 16, 2001
- Out-of-service
- No
- Phone
- (864) 855-4344
- budd9611@att.net
- Website
- —
- Address
- 108 S 5TH ST, EASLEY, SC 29640
Fleet
- Power units
- 8
- Drivers
- 5
- Observed units
- 0
- Avg fleet age
- —
Insurance
- Auto-liability on file
- Yes
- BIPD limit
- $750k
- Cargo on file
- No
- Cargo limit
- —
- Bond on file
- No
- Lapses
- 0
Safety · trailing 24 months
- Vehicle OOS
- —
- Driver OOS
- —
- Inspections
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fatal crashes
- 0